“I started singing when I was a teenager. I always wanted to write songs; I just didn't understand how someone could sing without writing their own songs.” WritingSongSingingTeenager Author:Olivia Merilahti
“I think I write a lot, but it's always a continuous stream of consciousness, I guess. It's a mechanic. It's a discipline and it's a way to have supplies for the songs to come.” ThinkingWritingSongConsciousnessDisciplineMechanic Author:Olivia Merilahti
“English has always been my musical language. When I started writing songs when I was 13 or 14, I started writing in English because it's the language in between. I speak Finnish, I speak French, so I'll write songs in English because that's the music I listen to. I learned so much poetry and the poetic way of expressing myself is in English.” WritingSongSpeakLanguageMusicalPoeticFinnish Author:Olivia Merilahti